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Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

In research, Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam stands highest in Physical Sciences (#4,044 of 12,888 worldwide), Astronomy and Astrophysics (#191 of 443 worldwide) and Physics and Astronomy (#1,118 of 1,646 worldwide), 2022–2025. Relative to its size it is most specialised in Instrumentation, Astronomy and Astrophysics and Physics and Astronomy — Instrumentation is 221.4× its share of world research.

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World rank, 2022–2025
#7,234
of 28,054 · #2,997 all time
Rank in Germany
#295
of 1,178
Research works
3k
▼ 4% vs 2013–17
Citations
72k
24.2 per fractional work
Top-10% rate
22.0%
record average 16.5%
Open access
57%
world 28%

What is Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam known for in research?

The fields where it stands highest, 2022–2025, ranked among every institution above the floor in each field.

FieldWorld rankWhere that sitsTop-10% rateWorksAll time
Physical SciencesDomain #4,044 of 12,888 22.6%187 #1952
Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield #191 of 443 24.2%119 #140
Physics and AstronomyField #1,118 of 1,646 23.9%159 #786

Each strip is that field’s whole ranked pool, with the notch where Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam sits in it, in the colour of the band that rank falls in. The track under the rate is the rate itself: it carries no world mark, because the world rate differs by field (from about 6% to 21% in this record).

Which of those standings moved

The same fields on both windows: where it stood over the whole record, and where it stands in 2022–2025. The distance is the story, and it is the one thing the two rank columns above cannot show.

  1. Physical Sciences#1,952 #4,044
  2. Astronomy and Astrophysics#140 #191
  3. Physics and Astronomy#786 #1,118
all time2022–2025, better2022–2025, worse

A dot further right is a better standing. Fields it was not ranked in over the whole record are left out.

What does Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam specialise in?

Where its research is concentrated relative to its size: Instrumentation takes 221.4× the share of its output that it takes of world research.

  1. InstrumentationSubfield · 21.5 works221×
  2. Astronomy and AstrophysicsSubfield · 119.4 works118×
  3. Physics and AstronomyField · 158.9 works37×
← less than its size predicts1×more →

Location quotient, a volume reading rather than an impact one. It surfaces small, lopsided specialities.

Field profile

Location quotient across every field it publishes in: outside the ring is more than an institution of this size would be expected to publish, inside it is less.

Agricultural and Biological Sciences: 0.15× its world share, 1 worksAgricultural and Bio…Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 0.28× its world share, 3 worksBiochemistry, Geneti…Immunology and Microbiology: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksImmunology and Micro…Neuroscience: 0.16× its world share, 0 worksNeuroscienceChemistry: 0.27× its world share, 1 worksChemistryComputer Science: 0.22× its world share, 3 worksComputer ScienceEarth and Planetary Sciences: 1.44× its world share, 4 worksEarth and Planetary …Energy: 0.07× its world share, 0 worksEnergyEngineering: 0.60× its world share, 18 worksEngineeringEnvironmental Science: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEnvironmental ScienceMaterials Science: 0.08× its world share, 0 worksMaterials ScienceMathematics: 0.06× its world share, 0 worksMathematicsPhysics and Astronomy: 36.66× its world share, 159 worksPhysics and AstronomyMedicine: 0.01× its world share, 0 worksMedicineArts and Humanities: 0.09× its world share, 0 worksArts and HumanitiesBusiness, Management and Accounting: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksBusiness, Management…Decision Sciences: 0.38× its world share, 1 worksDecision SciencesEconomics, Econometrics and Finance: 0.14× its world share, 1 worksEconomics, Econometr…Social Sciences: 0.02× its world share, 0 worksSocial Sciences1×world share
more than its size predictsabout as predictedless

Rings at 0.5×, 1× and 2×. Widest outward: Physics and Astronomy, 36.7×. Every wedge is a field page.

Who are the top researchers at Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam?

Ranked on the composite score, Matthias Steinmetz, C. Vocks and G. Mann lead among researchers whose main affiliation is Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam.

  1. 1 Matthias Steinmetz Germany · #10,142 worldwide 1.9k citations · 129 works
  2. 2 C. Vocks Germany · #36,811 worldwide 514 citations · 44 works
  3. 3 G. Mann Germany · #47,418 worldwide 597 citations · 82 works
  4. 4 E. Schilbach Germany · #52,717 worldwide 257 citations · 53 works
  5. 5 C. Chiappini Germany · #63,961 worldwide 841 citations · 95 works
  6. 6 Stefan Gottlöber Germany · #75,853 worldwide 497 citations · 55 works
  7. 7 Karl Schwarzschild Germany · #86,069 worldwide 210 citations · 26 works
  8. 8 F. Anders Germany · #90,966 worldwide 405 citations · 31 works
  9. 9 R.‐D. Scholz Germany · #115,057 worldwide 185 citations · 37 works
  10. 10 Roelof S. de Jong Germany · #188,976 worldwide 367 citations · 51 works
All ranked researchers at Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam

Which keywords describe research at Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam?

By fractional works in 2022–2025, weighted toward what it does more of than the world: Star Formation, Exoplanets, Stellar Astrophysics, Black Holes, Magnetic Fields, Accretion Disks, Astronomical Instrumentation and Spectrograph.

▲ more of its work than of the world’s◆ about the world’s share▼ less than the world’s

Size is fractional works in 2022–2025 in the topics tagged with each word; colour is the word's share of this institution's work against its share of the world's. The 40 words are chosen for being large and distinctive. Each links to the topic it comes from most.

All 40 words, with their numbers
  1. Star Formation34▲ 331×2 topics
  2. Exoplanets30▲ 389×1 topic
  3. Stellar Astrophysics30▲ 389×1 topic
  4. Black Holes24▲ 132×3 topics
  5. Magnetic Fields23▲ 182×3 topics
  6. Accretion Disks23▲ 251×2 topics
  7. Astronomical Instrumentation21▲ 426×1 topic
  8. Spectrograph21▲ 426×1 topic
  9. Cosmology19▲ 147×3 topics
  10. Dark Matter19▲ 85×3 topics
  11. Solar Wind19▲ 104×2 topics
  12. Galaxies18▲ 328×1 topic
  13. Stellar Populations18▲ 328×1 topic
  14. Turbulence17▲ 98×2 topics
  15. Molecular Clouds16▲ 333×1 topic
  16. Protoplanetary Disks16▲ 333×1 topic
  17. Coronal Mass Ejections14▲ 196×1 topic
  18. Solar Dynamics Observatory14▲ 196×1 topic
  19. Supernovae12▲ 75×2 topics
  20. Solar System Abundances10▲ 111×1 topic
  21. Terrestrial Planets10▲ 111×1 topic
  22. Gravitational Waves9▲ 85×2 topics
  23. Nucleosynthesis8▲ 87×3 topics
  24. Galactic Center8▲ 90×2 topics
  25. Gamma-Ray Bursts8▲ 150×1 topic
  26. Neutron Stars8▲ 150×1 topic
  27. X-Ray Spectroscopy7▲ 78×2 topics
  28. Event Horizon Telescope7▲ 156×1 topic
  29. X-Ray Astronomy7▲ 156×1 topic
  30. Cosmic Rays6▲ 65×2 topics
  31. Neutrinos6▲ 65×2 topics
  32. Electron Acceleration5▲ 39×2 topics
  33. High-Energy Astrophysics5▲ 96×1 topic
  34. Particle Acceleration5▲ 96×1 topic
  35. Radio Astronomy5▲ 113×2 topics
  36. Ionosphere5▲ 43×1 topic
  37. Magnetosphere5▲ 43×1 topic
  38. Structural Health Monitoring5▲ 30×2 topics
  39. General Relativity4▲ 32×2 topics
  40. Cosmological Parameters4▲ 39×1 topic

Which research topics does Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam publish most on?

By volume in 2022–2025: Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies, Astronomy and Astrophysical Research, Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena and Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies.

Stellar, planetary, and …30Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies: 30 fractional worksAstronomy and Astrophysical Research: 21 fractional worksGalaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena: 18 fractional worksAstrophysics and Star Formation Studies: 16 fractional worksSolar and Space Plasma Dynamics: 14 fractional worksAstro and Planetary Scie…10Astro and Planetary Science: 10 fractional worksGamma-ray bursts and supernovae: 8 fractional worksAstrophysical Phenomena and Observations: 7 fractional worksAstrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena: 5 fractional worksIonosphere and magnetosphere dynamics: 5 fractional works
Astronomy and AstrophysicsInstrumentationNuclear and High Energy Physics

Area is fractional works; colour is the subfield each topic belongs to.

  1. 1 Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 30 works
  2. 2 Astronomy and Astrophysical Research Instrumentation 21 works
  3. 3 Galaxies: Formation, Evolution, Phenomena Astronomy and Astrophysics 18 works
  4. 4 Astrophysics and Star Formation Studies Astronomy and Astrophysics 16 works
  5. 5 Solar and Space Plasma Dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 14 works
  6. 6 Astro and Planetary Science Astronomy and Astrophysics 10 works
  7. 7 Gamma-ray bursts and supernovae Astronomy and Astrophysics 8 works
  8. 8 Astrophysical Phenomena and Observations Astronomy and Astrophysics 7 works
  9. 9 Astrophysics and Cosmic Phenomena Nuclear and High Energy Physics 5 works
  10. 10 Ionosphere and magnetosphere dynamics Astronomy and Astrophysics 5 works

How open and international is its research?

Against the world’s own shares — the tick on each track. Both are shares of its output, so they sit on one scale and can be read against each other as well as against the world.

openly available56.6%not open43.4%

World: 28% of research is openly available.

with international co-authors40.5%domestic only59.5%

World: 19% is written across borders.

How has Leibniz Institute for Astrophysics Potsdam's research output changed?

Output in 2018–2022 was 4% lower than in 2013–2017.

1990200020102020
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The same series as a ribbon — one cell per year, darker for more. The line above answers how much; this answers when.

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